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départ

English translation: gets a bite

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French term or phrase:	départ
English translation:	gets a bite
Entered by:	Gwynneth George

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06:06 Mar 1, 2010

French to English translations [PRO]
Sports / Fitness / Recreation / carp fishing

French term or phrase: départ

Product being discussed is a wireless fish finder, which is "Conçu pour alerter le CARPISTE d'un départ"

Gwynneth George KudoZ activity Questions: 253 (none open) (1 without valid answers) (11 closed without grading) Answers: 21
Local time: 21:08

gets a bite

Explanation:
although the bilingual references below don't translate it, I understand it to mean getting a bite and the fishing line starts reeling out.

French :
http://www.decathlon.fr/FR/swinger-inox-simple-31077842/
English :
http://www.decathlon.co.uk/EN/standard-stainless-swinger-344...

and

French :
http://www.decathlon.fr/FR/micro-swinger-31066571/
English :
http://www.decathlon.co.uk/EN/micro-swinger-35284242/

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Note added at 33 mins (2010-03-01 06:39:18 GMT)
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You can see it happening in this short video
http://preprod.dailymotion.com/video/xb0u4d_départ-carpe-del...